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  • Health

    Dairy fat may help not harm

    Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and collaborators from other institutions have identified a natural substance in dairy fat that may substantially reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

  • Health

    Female chimps treat sticks as dolls

    Researchers at Harvard University and Bates College say female chimpanzees appear to treat sticks as dolls, carrying them around until they have offspring of their own. Young males engage in such behavior much less frequently.

  • Nation & World

    Working with WikiLeaks

    In the age of WikiLeaks and other web whistleblowers, traditional journalists still have an important role to play in publishing government secrets in an effective and responsible way, said Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times. He was joined at the Nieman Foundation on Dec. 16 by a group of concerned journalists and…

  • Arts & Culture

    Art in the making

    Barberini Faun, a rare plaster model at Harvard Art Museums, offers lessons in how ancient classical sculpture was restored in the 17th century.

  • Campus & Community

    President Faust’s statement on DADT

    President Drew Faust’s statement on “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal.

  • Arts & Culture

    The landscape of slavery

    Harvard historian and Radcliffe fellow Walter Johnson explored the intersecting landscapes of slavery in a talk at the Radcliffe Gymnasium.

  • Health

    The nose knows

    Harvard researchers have shed light on how the sense of smell works to induce behavior, linking patterns of electrical spikes in the brain to behavior in laboratory animals.

  • Campus & Community

    Native American honored

    The Harvard Foundation on Dec. 16 proudly unveiled the portrait of Caleb Cheeshahteamuck, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, and the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College, in 1665.

  • Nation & World

    Quashing a voice, attacking a Nobel

    A Nobel Peace Prize for jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo brought a flood of criticism from China’s ruling Communist Party. The reaction shows China’s dedication to maintaining its “moral authority” at home, said Bao Pu, publisher of a new book of Liu’s essays.

  • Science & Tech

    Oh, the humanity

    Using digitized books as a “cultural genome,” a team of researchers from Harvard, Google, Encyclopaedia Britannica, and the American Heritage Dictionary, unveil a quantitative approach to centuries of trends.

  • Campus & Community

    Paul Farmer appointed University Professor

    Harvard names humanitarian leader Paul Farmer a University Professor, awarding him its highest faculty honor.

  • Arts & Culture

    With the band

    Karen Woodward Massey, director of education and outreach at FAS Research Administration Services (RAS), has always needed a creative outlet from her “right-brain” work. From ingénue roles to a staff cover band, the Grateful Deadlines, one thing remains the same: She has a ton of fun along the way.

  • Science & Tech

    By the numbers

    Thanks to the digital revolution, Harvard is developing a legion of cyberspace fans in the world of social media.

  • Arts & Culture

    Students go Dada over project

    A group of Harvard undergrads collaborated on period artworks that grace the Loeb’s lobby for the A.R.T.’s avant-garde musical “The Blue Flower.”

  • Health

    Sick to death

    Harvard School of Public Health researchers are mounting a major study of chronic disease in four African nations, which organizers hope will provide a foundation for understanding and treating chronic ailments like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

  • Health

    Across 160 years, Darwin speaks

    The discovery of an unknown 1848 letter by the great naturalist sheds light on a murky part of his life, and on a friendship that eventually went awry.

  • Campus & Community

    Room for improvement

    After two losing seasons, Harvard hockey coach Ted Donato is confident in his team’s strengths and winning ability.

  • Arts & Culture

    The Shock of the Global: The 1970s in Perspective

    Disco, drugs, and decadence? Not that 1970s. This book, by Harvard mainstays Niall Ferguson, Charles Maier, and Erez Manela focuses on the decade that introduced the world to the phenomenon of “globalization,” as networks of interdependence bound peoples and societies in new and original ways.

  • Campus & Community

    Administrator by day, singer by night

    Karen Woodward Massey, director of education and outreach at FAS Research Administration Services (RAS), has always needed a creative outlet from her “right-brain” work. From ingénue roles to a staff cover band, the Grateful Deadlines, one thing remains the same: She has a ton of fun along the way.

  • Campus & Community

    Harvard College Librarian, Nancy Cline, to retire

    After nearly 15 years of exceptional service, Nancy M. Cline, the Roy E. Larsen Librarian of Harvard College, will retire at the end of this academic year.

  • Campus & Community

    Don’t just stand there

    It’s easy enough to say you value diversity, but honoring that goal can be tricky in context. A workshop on bystander awareness offered strategies on what to do when diversity is challenged in the workplace.

  • Arts & Culture

    Seeing Patients: Unconscious Bias in Health Care

    Augustus A. White III, a pioneering black surgeon and the Ellen and Melvin Gordon Distinguished Professor of Medical Education, and contributor David Chanoff use extensive research and interviews with leading physicians to show how subconscious stereotyping influences doctor-patient interactions, diagnosis, and treatment.

  • Arts & Culture

    Unraveling Reconstruction

    Professor sifts post-Civil War writings for societal clues that give context to a troubled time in American life.

  • Campus & Community

    Back from Afghanistan

    A veteran, now a midcareer student at the Harvard Kennedy School, reflects on the values that his military peers bring to campus. Still, when a sharp noise splits the air, he ducks.

  • Campus & Community

    Aid groups that make a difference

    The Harvard Community Gifts Giving Fair brought to campus many local organizations whose missions are helping those in need.

  • Campus & Community

    Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases annual report

    Harvard’s 2010 annual report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available upon request from the Office for the Committees on Shareholder Responsibility.

  • Arts & Culture

    Ye olde information overload

    Before digital technology existed, scholars centuries ago beat their desks in frustration over being inundated with data too, according to Ann Blair, author of “Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age.”

  • Campus & Community

    A look inside: Kirkland House

    Holiday festivities are in high gear at Kirkland House.

  • Science & Tech

    Digital drive

    Across the University, digitization is rapidly changing the nature of scholarship, opening doors to information and collaboration, and redefining research and education.

  • Science & Tech

    Nearer, better

    Through analyzing the locations of authors of academic papers, researchers have determined that physical proximity of collaborators, especially between the first and last author, correlates with how widely the paper is cited.